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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Happy Halloween! As is our somewhat annual tradition, this website presents you with another "Top 100" horror themed list! This year, I present the 100 Greatest Horror Movie Quotes. The following quotes are the most iconic, most famous or most brilliant quotes from horror movies from all eras. Enjoy!________________________100. "Now Sid, don't you blame the movies. Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!"- Billy LoomisSCREAM (1996)Actor: Skeet UlrichScreenwriter: Kevin Williamson________________________

________________________97. "One thing about livin' in Santa Carla I never could stomach. All the damn vampires."- GrandpaTHE LOST BOYS (1987)Actor: Barnard HughesScreenwriters: Jan Fischer, James Jeremias, Jeffrey Boam________________________96. "We have such sights to show you!"- Lead Cenobite [aka "Pinhead"]HELLRAISER (1987)Actor: Doug BradleyScreenwriter: Clive Barker________________________95. "First of all, keep him out of the light, he hates bright light, especially sunlight, it'll kill him. Second, don't give him any water, not even to drink. But the most important rule, the rule you can never forget, no matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs, never feed him after midnight."- Chinese BoyGREMLINS (1984)Actor: John Louie
Screenwriter: Chris Columbus________________________94. "You let him drown! You never paid any attention. Look what you did to him. Look what you did to him!"- Mrs. Voorhees
FRIDAY THE 13th (1980)
Actor: Betsy Palmer
Screenwriter: Victor Miller________________________93. "I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies."- Ash
ALIEN (1979)Actor: Ian HolmScreenwriter: Dan O'Bannon________________________92. "$10,000 dollars for me by myself. For that, you get the head, the tail - the whole damn thing."- QuintJAWS (1975)Actor: Robert ShawScreenwriter: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb; Peter Benchley(novel)________________________91. FATHER KARRAS: "Where's Regan?" REAGAN/DEMON: "In here. With us."THE EXORCIST (1973)Actors: Jason Miller, Linda Blair, Mercedes McCambridgeScreenwriter: William Peter Blatty________________________90. "Mother! Oh, God! Mother!"- Norman BatesPSYCHO (1960)Actor: Anthony PerkinsScreenwriter: Joseph Stefano; Robert Bloch (novel)________________________89. "I never drink... wine."- Count DraculaDRACULA (1931)

65. "You've seen horrible things. An army of nightmare creatures. But they are nothing compared to what came before. What lies below. It's our task to placate the Ancient Ones. As it's yours to be offered up to them. Forgive us. And let us get it over with."

- The Director

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012)

Actor: Sigourney Weaver

Screenwriter: Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard

________________________64. "I ain't got time to bleed."- Blain

PREDATOR (1987)

Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Screenwriters: Jim Thomas, John Thomas

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63, "Why don't we just wait here for a little while, see what happens."

36. "There are certain RULES that one must abide by in order to successfully survive a horror movie."- RandySCREAM (1996)Actor: Jamie KennedyScreenwriter: Kevin Williamson________________________35. "But ya are, Blanche! Ya are in that chair!"- Baby Jane HudsonWHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)Actor: Bette DavisScreenwriter: Henry Farrell (novel), Lukas Heller________________________34. "When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth."

- Peter

DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)

Actor: Ken Foree

Screenwriter: George A. Romero

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33. "I'm not even gonna swat that fly. I hope they are watching. They'll see. They'll see and they'll know and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly.'"- Mrs. BatesPSYCHO (1960)Actor: Jeanette NolanScreenwriter: Joseph Stefano; Robert Bloch (novel)________________________

29. "Where should we be if no one tried to find out what lies beyond? Have you never wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars, or to know what causes the trees to bud? And what changes the darkness into light?